diff --git a/builder/amazon/chroot/builder.go b/builder/amazon/chroot/builder.go
index 2538832af..8b3b674de 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/chroot/builder.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/chroot/builder.go
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Prepare(raws ...interface{}) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	b.config.tpl.UserVars = b.config.PackerUserVars
 
 	// Defaults
 	if b.config.ChrootMounts == nil {
diff --git a/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go b/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go
index 018e9d1f1..65189cb14 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/ebs/builder.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Prepare(raws ...interface{}) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	b.config.tpl.UserVars = b.config.PackerUserVars
 
 	// Accumulate any errors
 	errs := common.CheckUnusedConfig(md)
diff --git a/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go b/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go
index e3e4460c0..50cc0833e 100644
--- a/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go
+++ b/builder/amazon/instance/builder.go
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Prepare(raws ...interface{}) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	b.config.tpl.UserVars = b.config.PackerUserVars
 
 	if b.config.BundleDestination == "" {
 		b.config.BundleDestination = "/tmp"
diff --git a/builder/digitalocean/builder.go b/builder/digitalocean/builder.go
index 39314b8c2..ac383be0c 100644
--- a/builder/digitalocean/builder.go
+++ b/builder/digitalocean/builder.go
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Prepare(raws ...interface{}) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	b.config.tpl.UserVars = b.config.PackerUserVars
 
 	// Accumulate any errors
 	errs := common.CheckUnusedConfig(md)
diff --git a/builder/virtualbox/builder.go b/builder/virtualbox/builder.go
index 1bdc6c5fc..d4b6f57db 100644
--- a/builder/virtualbox/builder.go
+++ b/builder/virtualbox/builder.go
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Prepare(raws ...interface{}) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	b.config.tpl.UserVars = b.config.PackerUserVars
 
 	// Accumulate any errors
 	errs := common.CheckUnusedConfig(md)
diff --git a/builder/vmware/builder.go b/builder/vmware/builder.go
index fd27d20c0..9679d6627 100644
--- a/builder/vmware/builder.go
+++ b/builder/vmware/builder.go
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Prepare(raws ...interface{}) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	b.config.tpl.UserVars = b.config.PackerUserVars
 
 	// Accumulate any errors
 	errs := common.CheckUnusedConfig(md)
diff --git a/provisioner/file/provisioner.go b/provisioner/file/provisioner.go
index ea958dba0..27e217983 100644
--- a/provisioner/file/provisioner.go
+++ b/provisioner/file/provisioner.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 type config struct {
+	common.PackerConfig `mapstructure:",squash"`
+
 	// The local path of the file to upload.
 	Source string
 
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ func (p *Provisioner) Prepare(raws ...interface{}) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	p.config.tpl.UserVars = p.config.PackerUserVars
 
 	// Accumulate any errors
 	errs := common.CheckUnusedConfig(md)
diff --git a/provisioner/shell/provisioner.go b/provisioner/shell/provisioner.go
index fb30422e5..1c6b1272d 100644
--- a/provisioner/shell/provisioner.go
+++ b/provisioner/shell/provisioner.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import (
 const DefaultRemotePath = "/tmp/script.sh"
 
 type config struct {
+	common.PackerConfig `mapstructure:",squash"`
+
 	// An inline script to execute. Multiple strings are all executed
 	// in the context of a single shell.
 	Inline []string
@@ -43,10 +45,6 @@ type config struct {
 	// can be used to inject the environment_vars into the environment.
 	ExecuteCommand string `mapstructure:"execute_command"`
 
-	// Packer configurations, these come from Packer itself
-	PackerBuildName   string `mapstructure:"packer_build_name"`
-	PackerBuilderType string `mapstructure:"packer_builder_type"`
-
 	tpl *common.Template
 }
 
@@ -69,6 +67,7 @@ func (p *Provisioner) Prepare(raws ...interface{}) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	p.config.tpl.UserVars = p.config.PackerUserVars
 
 	// Accumulate any errors
 	errs := common.CheckUnusedConfig(md)